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Too Late
by C. Hoover
I was honestly so close to giving this a 5, but as the epilogues continued for 120+ pages and the prologue seemed a bit too much, had to drop it to a 3.
TW: Sexual abuse, drug use, assault
Anyone (everyone?) else notice a theme with CoHo books where there is a woman stuck in a TERRIBLE relationship and then a second angel of a man helps her escape? The details aren’t the same for each story and I do think it’s important that these are shared — because sadly these situations are reality — but it’s something I was thinking through while reading.
There was this movie with Jennifer Lopez called Enough a couple of decades ago. I was entirely too young to have watched it, but I find similarities between that movie and some CoHo books.
ANYWAY.
Too Late is fascinating as it was never intended to be published. It was a side project she was working on to help her break writer’s block for other projects. Eventually the fandom asked to see chapters online, so she started publishing and adding to this story as she went. That’s a pretty cool concept. Kind of like when radio had weekly shows that left people wanting for more.
The story itself ended around pg 255 or so. I would’ve been content with the final chapter. It was perfect. Then, we got an epilogue, and it was pretty solid. Not necessary, but I could see as an online reader how I would NEED to know what happens next for these characters.
But then there was the prologue, and it made me uncomfortable. Given what was already shared in the main story, I didn’t really need the level of detail from the traumatic event. And then there was more epilogue and I was kind of ready to be finished.
Asa is an absolute monster. CoHo really knows how to make me hate a character.
TW: Sexual abuse, drug use, assault
Anyone (everyone?) else notice a theme with CoHo books where there is a woman stuck in a TERRIBLE relationship and then a second angel of a man helps her escape? The details aren’t the same for each story and I do think it’s important that these are shared — because sadly these situations are reality — but it’s something I was thinking through while reading.
There was this movie with Jennifer Lopez called Enough a couple of decades ago. I was entirely too young to have watched it, but I find similarities between that movie and some CoHo books.
ANYWAY.
Too Late is fascinating as it was never intended to be published. It was a side project she was working on to help her break writer’s block for other projects. Eventually the fandom asked to see chapters online, so she started publishing and adding to this story as she went. That’s a pretty cool concept. Kind of like when radio had weekly shows that left people wanting for more.
The story itself ended around pg 255 or so. I would’ve been content with the final chapter. It was perfect. Then, we got an epilogue, and it was pretty solid. Not necessary, but I could see as an online reader how I would NEED to know what happens next for these characters.
But then there was the prologue, and it made me uncomfortable. Given what was already shared in the main story, I didn’t really need the level of detail from the traumatic event. And then there was more epilogue and I was kind of ready to be finished.
Asa is an absolute monster. CoHo really knows how to make me hate a character.